Centre for Teacher Education and Development
Dept & Ctr for the Study of Religion

Research Overview

Grace Feuerverger is Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE. Her research interests focus on multicultural perspectives in teaching and learning, ethnic identity maintenance and language learning, immigrant and refugee experiences in educational contexts, cultural and linguistic diversity in classrooms, peace education and literacy issues in international contexts.

She grew up in a multicultural and multilingual home in Montreal and brings her personal and professional experiences to bear on her teaching and research work. She was educated at a variety of institutions - McGill University, the Università per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Alberta, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the University of Toronto.

Dr. Feuerverger has authored two books "Oasis of Dreams: Teaching and Learning Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel" (2001) and "Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles" (2007), over 100 publications, and has won numerous awards for her work on global peace an literacy initiatives.

• “Fangenes Testamente” (The Prisoner’s Testament) Peace Award in Risor, Norway on June 20, 2009 for contribution to peace making processes and to conflict resolution by the HumanDHS group. (Group Award)
• Promotion to Full Professor July 2008
• Invitation to become a member of 1000 Women for Peace: Peace Women Across the Globe Partnership Project. (This organization was nominated for the 2005 and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.) 2007-
• Swiss Association of Applied Psychology Award for research and dissemination work on trauma and conflict resolution in the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (Columbia University), October 2006. (Group Award).

Professional Activities

Her local and international professional activities and memberships include:

• Board of Directors, World Literacy of Canada organization (commencing 2008)
• Advisory Board of the “International Human Rights Committee” at the United Nations, 2007-
• 1000 Women for Peace: Peace Women Across the Globe Partnership Project, 2007-
• Board of Directors, Canadian International Peace Project (CIPP), 2006-
• Board of Directors, Peace Education Commission of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), 2006-
• “United to End Racism” (international non-profit organization (Seattle, Washington), 2006-
• Board of Directors, the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies group embedded within the Columbia University Conflict Resolution Network in New York. 2006-